Dear Heloise: Because an opened can of evaporated milk has a short refrigerator life before it sours, and goes bad, pour the ...

Miss Manners suggests that instead of silently seething, you send them a note asking when would be a convenient time for you ...

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Have you ever wondered why some social rules feel unnecessarily stiff? Like you're following a script written for a different ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Our group of friends is about 15 people large. We have known each other for over three decades. At the opposite end of the group is a couple that we only see when the entire group ...

GENTLE READER: While she appreciates the adoration and deplores the incoherent instruction you received, Miss Manners feels ...

An etiquette program in Alexandria teaches children social skills. Students in first through fifth grade learn manners such as shaking hands and proper table settings. The course, taught by Carolyn ...

My husband is immunocompromised, and so we are careful of germ exposure. We don’t want to touch this friend’s phone.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A young cousin of mine graduated from high school this spring and will be going to college in the fall. I asked his mother what celebrations they were planning; she responded that ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I belong to a group of ladies who are currently living in the United States. Their citizenship status varies. One of our ladies comes from a part of the world that is now engaged in ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a reader seeking advice after their sister made a crude comment about a mantel display of Santa figurines with twinkling ...